vauntmure

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noun

A false wall raised in front of the main wall as a fortification.

OriginFrench avant-mur →
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Meanings

nounvauntmure (plural vauntmures)

plural vauntmures · alternative vaimure · alternative vamure

  1. A false wall raised in front of the main wall as a fortification.

    another Engine , named the Warwolf , pierced with one stone , and cut as even as a thread two vauntmures, as he did before at the siege of Brehin

    1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchavant-mur
  2. Englishvauntmure

From French avant-mur. See vanguard and mure.

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APA

vauntmure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vauntmure

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Chicago

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